This chapter looks at the ease with which the ancient pagan culture was adopted and adapted to fit into a Christian world (without in many cases being actually Christianized) during the Early Middle ...
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This chapter looks at the ease with which the ancient pagan culture was adopted and adapted to fit into a Christian world (without in many cases being actually Christianized) during the Early Middle Ages. In writing which was not strictly theological or philosophical, early medieval scholars used ancient models and language freely within a Christian context. They took the compatibility of pagan culture and Christian belief so much for granted that the Problem of Paganism did not arise; and the same is true for their predecessors in the sixth and seventh centuries as for some tenth- and eleventh-century writing. This broad, unproblematic acceptance of classical culture set what would remain the mainstream view throughout the Middle Ages. The chapter also looks at how Christian Europe came about only as the result of a long process.Less

The Early Middle Ages and the Christianization of Europe

John Marenbon

Published in print: 2015-03-22

This chapter looks at the ease with which the ancient pagan culture was adopted and adapted to fit into a Christian world (without in many cases being actually Christianized) during the Early Middle Ages. In writing which was not strictly theological or philosophical, early medieval scholars used ancient models and language freely within a Christian context. They took the compatibility of pagan culture and Christian belief so much for granted that the Problem of Paganism did not arise; and the same is true for their predecessors in the sixth and seventh centuries as for some tenth- and eleventh-century writing. This broad, unproblematic acceptance of classical culture set what would remain the mainstream view throughout the Middle Ages. The chapter also looks at how Christian Europe came about only as the result of a long process.

Arnold Taylor, or Joe as he was known to some, was a medieval scholar, archaeologist, and architectural historian, who spent his working career in the public service within the Ancient Monuments ...
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Arnold Taylor, or Joe as he was known to some, was a medieval scholar, archaeologist, and architectural historian, who spent his working career in the public service within the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate. An international expert on castles and, in particular, the authority on the North Wales castles of Edward I, he was not restricted in his interests in medieval buildings as a whole. Nor did Taylor study castles solely as monuments to medieval military architecture. He was fascinated by their construction, who designed and built them, where the materials and craftsmen came from, and how this side of the work was organised. As such, Taylor combined study of the standing remains with intensive documentary research. There were two other main strands to his professional life: his wider career in the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate, first in the Office of Works and ultimately in the Department of the Environment; and his service to the Society of Antiquaries of London.Less

Arnold Joseph Taylor 1911–2002

ANDREW SAUNDERS

Published in print: 2007-01-25

Arnold Taylor, or Joe as he was known to some, was a medieval scholar, archaeologist, and architectural historian, who spent his working career in the public service within the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate. An international expert on castles and, in particular, the authority on the North Wales castles of Edward I, he was not restricted in his interests in medieval buildings as a whole. Nor did Taylor study castles solely as monuments to medieval military architecture. He was fascinated by their construction, who designed and built them, where the materials and craftsmen came from, and how this side of the work was organised. As such, Taylor combined study of the standing remains with intensive documentary research. There were two other main strands to his professional life: his wider career in the Ancient Monuments Inspectorate, first in the Office of Works and ultimately in the Department of the Environment; and his service to the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Ovid was the most ambivalent of all the grammatical auctores — the expert on both the art of love and its rejection, an apparent misogynist yet also a champion of legal, married love, an acclaimed ...
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Ovid was the most ambivalent of all the grammatical auctores — the expert on both the art of love and its rejection, an apparent misogynist yet also a champion of legal, married love, an acclaimed mythographer as well as the ancient ‘master of love’. These paradoxes afforded at once a challenge and an opportunity to medieval scholars, translators, and imitators of the ancient poet. This chapter looks at three French translations of Ovid's ‘art of love’ (Jacques d'Amiens's Art d'amors, Confort d'amour, and Guiart) that represent major ways in which he was metamorphosed in the middle ages — as the poet of courtly compliment and as an authority in the sphere of ethics — while making very clear just how problematic such transformations could be. The L'Art d'amours, a translation into French of the Ars amatoria, is also considered.Less

Academic Prologues to Ovid and the Vernacular Art of Love

ALASTAIR MINNIS

Published in print: 2001-04-26

Ovid was the most ambivalent of all the grammatical auctores — the expert on both the art of love and its rejection, an apparent misogynist yet also a champion of legal, married love, an acclaimed mythographer as well as the ancient ‘master of love’. These paradoxes afforded at once a challenge and an opportunity to medieval scholars, translators, and imitators of the ancient poet. This chapter looks at three French translations of Ovid's ‘art of love’ (Jacques d'Amiens's Art d'amors, Confort d'amour, and Guiart) that represent major ways in which he was metamorphosed in the middle ages — as the poet of courtly compliment and as an authority in the sphere of ethics — while making very clear just how problematic such transformations could be. The L'Art d'amours, a translation into French of the Ars amatoria, is also considered.

This book surveys the traditional classifications of private law to establish the cognitive techniques used by medieval Italian and French jurists to transform Roman law into the ius commune of ...
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This book surveys the traditional classifications of private law to establish the cognitive techniques used by medieval Italian and French jurists to transform Roman law into the ius commune of Western Europe. It discusses in detail how medieval scholars reacted to the casuistic discussions in the inherited Roman texts, particularly the Digest of Justinian. It shows how they developed medieval Roman law into a system of rules that formed a universal common law for Western Europe. Because there has been little research published in English beyond grand narratives on the history of law in Europe, this book fills a gap in the literature. With a focus on how the medieval Roman lawyers systematised the Roman sources through detailed discussions of specific areas of law, it considers: the sources of medieval law and how to access them; the development from cases to rules; medieval lawyers' strategies for citing each other and their significance; and the growth of a conceptual approach to the study of law.Less

The Creation of the Ius Commune : From Casus to Regula

John W. CairnsPaul J. du Plessis

Published in print: 2010-07-30

This book surveys the traditional classifications of private law to establish the cognitive techniques used by medieval Italian and French jurists to transform Roman law into the ius commune of Western Europe. It discusses in detail how medieval scholars reacted to the casuistic discussions in the inherited Roman texts, particularly the Digest of Justinian. It shows how they developed medieval Roman law into a system of rules that formed a universal common law for Western Europe. Because there has been little research published in English beyond grand narratives on the history of law in Europe, this book fills a gap in the literature. With a focus on how the medieval Roman lawyers systematised the Roman sources through detailed discussions of specific areas of law, it considers: the sources of medieval law and how to access them; the development from cases to rules; medieval lawyers' strategies for citing each other and their significance; and the growth of a conceptual approach to the study of law.